Gillian Jacobs

Born in 1982 in Pittsburgh, PA, Gillian Jacobs always had a passion for performing. She took her first acting class at age eight and was hooked from that moment. While growing up, she studied at the Pittsburgh Playhouse on weekends, where they reenacted sketches from the popular BBC series "Monty Python" (1969-1974) and listened to comedy albums. As a member of the Pittsburgh Public Theater, Jacobs frequently competed in its annual Shakespeare Monologue Contest, which resulted in her being cast in a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." After graduating from high school in 2000, she moved to New York City and enrolled at the famed Juilliard School, where she graduated from in 2004 with ... Continue Bio >>